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I went to a group activity,“Sensitivity Sunday”,which was to make us more __1__the problems faced by disabled people.We were asked to “__2__ a disability”for several hours one Sunday.Some members,__3__,chose to use wheelchairs.Others wore sound-blocking earplugs(耳塞) or blindfolds(眼罩).
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a__4__experience.I had never considered before how__5__it would be to use one.As soon as I sat down,my __6__made the chair begin to roll.Its wheels were not__7__.Then I wondered where to put my__8__.It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into__9__.I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of__10__for several hours.For disabled people,“adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary(临时的)__11__.
I tried to find a__12__position and thought it might be restful,__13__kind of nice,to be__14__around for a while.Looking around,I__15__I would have to handle the thing myself!My hands started to ache as I__16__the heavy metal wheels.I came to know that controlling the__17__of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n)__18__task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon__19__.It made a deep impression on me.A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the__20__,both physical and mental,that disabled people must overcome.